tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23439922721462891142018-05-12T17:15:35.915+08:00Radiation Safety PhilippinesThe Japan Nuclear Crisis and its potential effect on the countryKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-37590910173985006792015-03-26T00:25:00.004+08:002015-03-26T00:30:29.842+08:00Supermarkets AMart and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi in Taiwan have been selling some kind of radioactive food product sneakily exported from Japan
More here - http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201503240038.aspxKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-21777760188526487472013-09-03T07:10:00.002+08:002013-09-03T11:52:03.886+08:00Bizarre fruits growing in Japan
sad
Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-19632191744145670182013-09-02T23:46:00.002+08:002013-09-02T23:49:10.493+08:00Bloomberg: Tepco may resort to controlled discharges of contaminated water into the ocean
How else did they think they could handle the problem, by building storage tanks till the end of time? 400 tons of radioactive water collects at the site daily, and it has to go somewhere. To wit:
"Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to manage radioactive water at its wrecked Fukushima plant may include a controlled discharge into the ocean once its toxicity is brought within legal limits, Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-67800906425515711872013-09-01T11:59:00.000+08:002013-09-01T18:03:59.219+08:00NBC News is now reporting the arrival time of radioactive ocean water arising from Fukushima
The West Coast of North America can expect contamination "as early as 2014 and peak in 2016"
This is the first major news source I've come across addressing the speculation. The researcher quoted in the article is Vincent Rossi, an oceanographer and postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems in Spain. "Rossi worked with former colleaguesKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-66140210349279871212013-08-29T10:32:00.002+08:002013-08-30T21:13:53.657+08:00Adrift.org.au calculates the movement of debris and radiactive water originating from Fukushima
This helpful website uses ocean current data to track the path of a hypothetical object floating on the ocean's surface to see how it travels over a period of time. Considering the fact that diluted radioactivity in water flows along with the rest of the pacific current, this gives us an idea when tainted water from the Fukushima area will arrive at the west coast of the U.S. Just point your Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-62534120299867515192013-08-23T06:17:00.003+08:002013-08-23T06:22:43.940+08:00Updates from Japanese sources on activity in Daiichi, Fukushima
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/genpatsu-fukushima/20130821/index.html: Tank surveillance consisted of patrols twice a day. The tanks are not equipped with water level gauges. This is the fourth leakage event so far, among the 350 tanks.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/genpatsu-...35_kiseii.html: After a study group meeting held in the evening of 21 August, the NRA instructs Tepco to equip the Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-46803817419899883102013-08-17T23:27:00.001+08:002013-08-17T23:27:13.786+08:00Curious how much radioactivity is present in both freshwater and saltwater fish varieties in Japan?
Check out fish monitoring data from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, nicely compiled in this chart prepared by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Keep in mind that 100 on the chart (100 bq/kg of cesium 134 and 137) is the legal safe limit for the consumption of fish in Japan.
Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-8129291400040855152013-08-16T08:21:00.000+08:002013-08-16T08:21:43.724+08:00This November, Tepco will attempt to remove 400 tons of spent fuel rods from reactor no. 4From RT.com
Scientists at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant are preparing for their toughest clean-up operation yet – two and a half years after three of the plant’s reactors suffered a meltdown in Japan’s worst-ever nuclear power disaster.
The operation, to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel beneath the plant’s damaged Reactor No. 4, could set off a catastrophe greater thanKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-7209299064516072372013-08-14T23:29:00.002+08:002013-08-14T23:33:08.983+08:0010 Tepco employees contaminated with radioactive water on face and head
They're still trying to figure out the source
From NHK, translated:
When they left the plant premises at 00:40 PM on 12 August, 10 employees were found to be contaminated mainly on their face and head. The highest contamination was 19 Bq/cm², which is 5 times Tepco's internal standard. The cause is being investigated. The mist generators installed as a countermeasure against heat strokes Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-88842088079632410022013-08-11T13:23:00.002+08:002013-08-11T13:23:47.695+08:00Tepco: Contaminated groundwater now 60cm above the protective barrier, now freely leaking into the seaOn August 5th, Tepco disclosed that radioactive water was rising fast, and could possibly breach an underground protective barrier within "3 weeks". It has officially done so just five days later, and it makes you wonder if every future assessment out of the power company will be of the most overly optimistic variety.
Nevertheless, understanding the challenging circumstances Tepco faces and Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-25809357760184591792013-08-08T22:47:00.000+08:002013-08-08T23:40:35.334+08:00Japan officials: 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaking into the ocean each day Tepco considers a plan to freeze the ground around the plant
The situation in Fukushima is taking on a more urgent tone over the last few days, with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appealing to his government to find "multiple, speedy and sure" ways to address the groundwater situation in Fukushima. Why is Mr. Abe resorting to such urgency? Tepco's history of procrastination has reached Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-21682174732781630492013-08-06T08:29:00.002+08:002013-08-06T08:47:38.325+08:00Japan's NRA finally comes clean: "We have an emergency"
They don't say 'emergency' unless it really is an emergency
Well, i admit it. From a little over a year ago since my last post, i actually bought into the seductive idea that the crisis in Fukushima was in under control. Perhaps it was based on Tepco's repeated assurances that the situation was being managed properly. Maybe it was due to the volume of news and information, slowly reduced toKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-16786769852715077002012-08-22T16:19:00.000+08:002013-02-12T19:15:40.890+08:00Fresh catch - A fish caught near the Fukushima plant contains very very high levels of Cesium
Tepco reports that a greenling (pictured left) caught on August 1 within 20 kilometers of Daichi tested the highest to date for Cesium contamination. Just how high? The fish clocked in at a whopping 25,800 becquerels per kilogram for combined cesium 134 and cesium 137, compared to the previous high of 18,700 becquerels per kilogram found in a cherry salmon.
To put into perspective how high Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-52281226311552078882012-08-16T07:59:00.001+08:002012-08-16T11:58:03.180+08:00Genetically altered butterflies from the Fukushima prefecture of Japan 52% of the population, 3 generations in
I apologize for not being around this past year. Radiation levels in the Philippines have since been normal (.04-.11 mSv per hour) Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-85705352372273679272011-12-21T21:44:00.001+08:002013-02-12T21:48:57.368+08:00Have you seen this yet? The highly respected International Journal of Health Services says that 14,000 U.S. deaths can be attributed to Fukushima radiationVirtually every agency (including the EPA) attempted to assess the impact of radiation originating from Fukushima throughout the entire crisis. Now we have a peer-reviewed study revealing that they may have been underestimating exposures all along
"This study of Fukushima health hazards is the first to be published in a scientific journal. It raises concerns, and strongly suggests that health Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-89736016001386348152011-12-12T13:19:00.000+08:002011-12-12T13:19:26.470+08:00Just weeks before tsunami debris will reach Midway Atoll and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands"US, Hawaii officials to take questions from public Monday, Dec. 12, on preparations and response plans, Islands are critical habitat for 23 endangered or threatened species, including Hawaiian monk seal"
From The Sacramento Bee:
HONOLULU, Dec. 11, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The earthquake and tsunami that destroyed parts of eastern Japan in March 2011 washed vast amounts of debris Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-83253687145026265352011-12-11T18:27:00.003+08:002013-02-12T19:22:09.638+08:00Big problems ahead for Tepco in 2012The obvious lesson out of the Fukushima disaster seems to be that you can't make a nuclear catastrophe go away within a years time. Given the magnitude of the crisis in Dai-ichi, creating such an expectation would merely amount to wishful thinking.
Despite Tepco's assurances that cold shutdown will be achieved by years end, it's possible that the radioactive water storage situation will spiral Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-70598332624741100062011-12-06T21:47:00.001+08:002011-12-06T21:48:19.115+08:00Gorgeous newly-released photos inside the exclusion zone from National Geographic
Via TheAtlantic.comKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-24167145247605030632011-11-24T12:56:00.000+08:002011-11-24T12:56:45.594+08:006.0 earthquake detected right smack in the middle of Fukushima Province this morningFrom iol news:
"Tokyo - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck early on Thursday in Japan's Fukushima province.
There were no immediate reports of damage from the 4.24am (local time) earthquake, which had an epicentre 30km under the seafloor off Fukushima. Authorities said there was no tsunami threat.
Fukushima was struck on March 11 by a magnitude-9 quake, which caused majorKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-46093546103087538762011-10-26T21:40:00.002+08:002013-02-12T21:50:26.940+08:00Be careful when purchasing a second hand car - it may have come from Iwate, Futaba, or other areas that were exposed to high levels of radiationFrom The Telegraph:
Japanese dealers selling 'radioactive cars'
Unscrupulous used-car dealers in Japan are selling vehicles exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation to unsuspecting buyers
"The vehicles appear to be outwardly sound but were owned by people living close to the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant when it was destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Others Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-58825262112758289122011-10-21T23:21:00.001+08:002013-02-12T23:07:11.458+08:00Ex-Futaba residents are testing higher than all other municipalities with internal radiation exposure
Abandoned hospital in Futaba
From the Mainichi Daily:
2 boys in Fukushima Pref. internally exposed to radiation
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two boys in Fukushima Prefecture were found to have been internally exposed to the highest levels of radiation detected during checks conducted on nearly 4,500 local residents in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-41003084987844210972011-10-18T10:03:00.001+08:002011-10-18T10:03:51.598+08:00The International Pacific Research Center is tracking and updating tsunami debris locations daily
Confirmed location of tsunami junk as of October 8, 2011
See the original computerized model illustrating how the debris would cross the pacific hereKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-30036228628346234852011-10-16T20:44:00.000+08:002011-10-16T20:44:39.050+08:00Radioactive venting from the Fukushima reactors continues, and the proof is in the rainfallCertain areas that were previously decontaminated read even higher after it rains
Here's a demoralizing article from The Canadian :
"The unease is especially strong in areas in and around mountains that must be repeatedly decontaminated, as every rainfall brings a new batch of radioactive substance-contaminated leaves and soil washing down from the hills. Since some 70 percent of Fukushima Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-10217024511038400982011-10-13T12:34:00.000+08:002011-10-13T12:34:40.641+08:00Decontamination efforts still not dropping exposures in Tokyo's Setagaya WardSame story, different area. A radiation hot spot located 230 kilometers away from Fukushima daiichi remains persistently high (2.7 microSievert/hr) despite a round of decontamination. From Mainichi:
High levels of radiation detected in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Radiation of up to 2.7 microsieverts per hour has been detected in part of Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, local officials saidKarl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343992272146289114.post-38199872842440551512011-10-12T15:14:00.000+08:002011-10-12T15:14:29.951+08:00Insightful article from The Economist about contaminated soil removal in Iitate, and what residents are up against
"However, Iitate’s experience suggests the government may be underestimating the task. Villagers have removed 5cm of topsoil from one patch of land, but because radioactive particles continue to blow from the surrounding trees, the level of radiation remains high—about one microsievert an hour—even if lower than in nearby areas. Without cutting down the forests, Mr Sato reckons there will be a Karl http://www.blogger.com/profile/08346939261160550618noreply@blogger.com2